Best stress relief ever – part III
Monthly Archives: October 2008
oscillations
24-Oct-08anxious. excited. anxious. excited. anxious. excited. anxious. excited. round and round and round it goes…
MUDs, MMOs, and me, oh my!
22-Oct-08Two pieces of news have inspired this today. News the first is that the humble text-based MUD is 30 years old. The second is the news of a new MMO from a company that I have a vested interest in seeing succeed, and based on an IP that I have a certain fondness for. Most [...]
Harnessing my powers for good
20-Oct-08Today is the first working day off in a break that will last three weeks. I woke up as normal, checked my sites, caught up with my friends lives and started wombling around the house. By 9.30 I was on edge. This is not like me as I tend towards a rather sedentary life with [...]
Making the choice to read
17-Oct-08As always, Mr Wil Wheaton has given me cause to ponder. In a blog post today, he quotes from an interview with Neal Stephenson regarding making the choice to read a book rather than engage in one of the many other activities we have available to us now. It’s something that I’ve recently rediscovered: While [...]
Last day of work
17-Oct-08Last time I touched on this subject, I ended up writing more about starting the new job than leaving the old one. I’d like to remedy this by writing now about today: My last day at work. I suppose my usual feeling when leaving one job to go to another is terror. The anxieties of [...]
Just in time for my move to San Francisco: A detailed look at just how bad things can get if a big earthquake hits. Click through for a super detailed high-resolution version.